Misfits tribute this weekend
Thu, Oct 24, 2019
WHERE GOMIES Dare, who describe themselves as "Galway's ugliest Misfits tribute band" play Sally Longs this Friday [October 25] at 9pm.
Read more ...Le Boom play the Róisín this weekend
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
IN THREE years, Irish electro-pop duo Le Boom have racked up 2.1 million streams for their five single releases so far; played Primavera Sound and Electric Picnic, and put on shows in New York, Reykjavik, and Bilbao.
Read more ...Album review: Daithí
Music Reviews Thu, Oct 17, 2019
INTROSPECTIVE, CONFESSIONAL songwriting is not an approach readily associated with electronic music, which tends mostly towards the austere and abstract on one side, or euphoric, Balearic, hedonism on the other.
Read more ...Silver Jews tribute at Róisín Dubh
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
IN AUGUST, David Berman, the vocalist, songwriter, and leader of the band Silver Jews, took his own life. In his memory, and to raise funds for charity, a show takes place this weekend at the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Johnny Cash’s grandson to play Monroe’s Live
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
THOMAS GABRIEL, eldest grandchild of Johnny Cash and June Carter-Cash, and a country and Americana singer-songwriter in his own right, returns to Galway this month to play Monroe's Live.
Read more ...Ultan Conlon - new album in the works
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
ULTAN CONLON has just finished recording his new album in Los Angeles, and kept very good company while doing so, working with former members of Nicklecreek and Iron & Wine.
Read more ...Rash Decision - thrash-metal band to play Galway
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
RASH DECISION, the Cornish thrash-metal quartet play Galway this Saturday at 8pm in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street.
Read more ...Nuala Kennedy to open new trad gig series in Athenry
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
THE FIRST show in the new Music in the Town Concert Series for Athenry, takes place this weekend and will feature internationally renowned singer, flautist, and composer Nuala Kennedy.
Read more ...Emmet Scanlan returns to Galway
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
LONDON BASED singer-songwriter Emmet Scanlan and his band What the Good Thought are coming to Galway to play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Sunday October 20 at 9pm.
Read more ...Mon 30th Dec - Gavin James - The Royal Theatre Castlebar!
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
DATE: Monday 30th Dec
DOORS: 7 pm - SHOW 8 pm
Lankum - new album, Róisín Dubh gig
Thu, Oct 10, 2019
LANKUM, THE most exciting and creative force in Irish folk and traditional music today, is about to release their third album, and ahead of that, play a show at the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Albert Hammond - legendary songwriter is Salthill bound
Thu, Oct 10, 2019
EXAMINE MANY of the best known pop and rock hits of the last 50 years and it is likely Albert Hammond wrote them, either by himself, or in collaboration with another songwriter.
Read more ...Album review: Kim Gordon
Music Reviews Thu, Oct 10, 2019
THE EASIEST way to approach Kim Gordon's debut album is not necessarily at the start, but towards the end, with the furious, rampaging, hurtle of 'Hungry Baby'.
Read more ...Brave Giant - debut album, Róisín gig
Thu, Oct 10, 2019
WHITE, PINK + Blue, the debut album from Irish indie-folk band Brave Giant has just been released, and this weekend they will be in Galway to play the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Keywest - three Galway appearances in three days
Thu, Oct 10, 2019
KEYWEST RELEASE their new album, Ordinary Superhero, and new single, 'C'est La Vie' tomorrow, and follow it up with a weekend of in-store appearances in Galway city.
Read more ...Brother Dege - the Tarantino approved singer-guitarist
Thu, Oct 10, 2019
BROTHER DEGE, the American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his Grammy nominated track ‘Too Old to Die Young’ from Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, is coming to Galway.
Read more ...Monroe’s Live welcomes Johnny Cash’s eldest grandson, Thomas Gabriel!
Mon, Oct 07, 2019
Thomas Gabriel makes his return to Ireland following his first appearance at Monroe's last year on the anniversary of his grandfather's infamous tour of 1963, and takes to the Monroe’s stage again on Sunday 27th October.
Read more ...“Top-notch, instrumental wizardry” - The Moxie Strings at Monroe’s Live.
Mon, Oct 07, 2019
Fresh from the Kansas City Irish Fest, the musical geniuses that are The Moxie Strings play at Monroe’s Live on Sunday 27th October - the perfect addition to your Bank Holiday weekend!
Read more ...Hudson Taylor get set to play the Black Box
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
HUDSON TAYLOR, the Irish folk-pop/Americana duo of brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor, are on a nation-wide tour that includes Galway's Black Box Theatre on Thursday October 10 at 7.30pm.
Read more ...Album review: Kacy & Clayton
Music Reviews Thu, Oct 03, 2019
THE SASKATCHEWAN cousins 2018 album, The Siren's Song, was steeped in late 1960s British folk-rock, with clear nods to Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and Anne Briggs.
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